1.4.1
"Columbia," Clarence Chamberlin's plane that he flew intercontinentally, New York, U.S.A., to Berlin, Germany, in 1927. Chamberlin, a former student of Iowa State College, was honored in Ames a few weeks following his flight. He was the second individual (after Charles A. Lindberg) to fly across the Atlantic. (See also: 1.5.1; 105.571.1-3)
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